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Chrome Gets Live Caption, One of Android’s Best Features

Kellen March 18, 2021 4

Google first introduced Live Caption to Android phones starting with the Pixel 4 and Android 10. The feature was a game-changing addition, as it brought real-time captions from any video playing on a phone from any app. It's amazing as an accessibility option...

Chrome Update Makes It Faster Than Ever, Crash Less

Kellen March 12, 2021 10

In the latest Chrome update for Android (v89), Google says it found a way to dramatically speed up start-up times with a new tab trick and that they were able to repackage it in a way that sees it crash far less and use less memory. The big thing here are...

Chrome’s “Preview” Tab Option is So Freakin’ Good

Kellen March 11, 2021 23

Rarely do we find new features introduced to an app that can be a game changer or truly useful. It's 2021 and everything in mobile is so mature and so many ideas have been solidified that companies often seem lost when it comes to finding new ones. But Chrome...

Chrome Switches Its Release Cycle for First Time in a Decade

Kellen March 4, 2021 6

Google Chrome releases will soon arrive more frequently than ever. In an announcement this morning from the Chromium blog, Google said that they are updating the Chrome release schedule for the first time in over a decade. For a cool 10+ years now, Chrome...

Google Says It Soon Won’t Track Your Browsing Anymore

Kellen March 3, 2021 12

No one likes to be tracked as they browse the internet. It's creepy, the ads are annoying, and our trust in the companies powering so many of our experiences has certainly diminished over the years because of it. As tech heads are beginning to realize that our...

Chrome Gets Sweet New Profile Experience

Kellen March 2, 2021 5

Managing a Chrome experience on a shared desktop in your home can be a pain unless you know about Chrome profiles and their power in separating everyone's personal experiences. Yeah, you probably didn't know about them, so Google is trying to put a bit of...

GeForce NOW Intros Chrome Browser Support for Windows, macOS in Beta

Tim February 4, 2021 6

NVIDIA is celebrating the first anniversary of GeForce NOW, sharing a few stats for the service, as well as announcing that the service has become more accessible than ever. For a few numbers, NVIDIA details that gamers have streamed over 175 million hours of...

Chrome for Android Now Lets You Know if Your Passwords Have Been Compromised

Tim October 6, 2020 5

Google announced this morning that starting this week, Chrome for Android will be able to safely cross reference passwords you have saved in the browser against a list of known compromised credentials. The point being to notify you to change those bad...